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On every level, the College is a place where potential and ability is valued over background or ethnicity. It is an establishment where further and higher education is available and welcome to all.
Funded primarily by the Al-Maktoum Foundation, our vision for high-quality teaching and learning, enriched by a multicultural perspective makes for a rewarding educational experience.
Funded primarily by the Al-Maktoum Foundation, our vision for high-quality teaching and learning, enriched by a multicultural perspective makes for a rewarding educational experience.
Teaching
Teaching
The College actively works to educate the next generation of professionals and scholars, both nationally and internationally. Our students are achievers- thinking differently, challenging, examining, defining and provoking positive change within societies and communities from local to global.
Research
Research
Our work is extensive, including: investigating how Islamic values, ideologies and cultures shape the attitudes and behavioural postulates which are critical for understanding and disseminating the implications of cultural transformations as result of migration, international trade and economy, sustainable development for Islam and Muslims.
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In this section, you will find all you need to know about applying to study at the College.
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Available units
Research Skills & Project Report (Diploma in Moral Economy) September 2024 and February 2025 cohorts
Number of topics: 12
Number of topics: 10
This Unit is designed to introduce learners to the skills and attributes required to be a successful entrepreneur. Becoming an entrepreneur and launching a new business can be a daunting step, balancing the risks of starting-up and self employment with the unique rewards that enterprise can bring. Learners will explore entrepreneurship, carry out an audit of their own entrepreneurial skills and devise an action plan to develop their skills. Learners will have the opportunity to implement their plan and apply their skills by promoting themselves and their idea and ultimately deciding if entrepreneurship is right for them.
Number of topics: 11
*This unit is for ALL HNC Business students (including Senior Pupils)*
Number of topics: 6
This unit stresses the importance of avoiding plagiarism and also provides advice on accurate note-taking, referencing and citation. Successful students will receive a certificate of completion.
Study time: about 60 minutes.
Number of topics: 11
Innovation is considered one of the most important
aspects for the students to understand. It is accepted as a critical
contributor to the development of companies and society at large. The course
aims to provide relevant theoretical and practical knowledge and tools to
students necessary to understand, anticipate, acquire, use, and manage
innovation systems for attaining superior performance and competitiveness in
the marketplace.
Furthermore, the course provides a context and introduction to innovation, what it is and how it links to creativity and other business models such as business excellence and organizational learning. The module introduces why organizations innovate, and how innovation can be managed, especially in the service and public sectors. The course is taught through a mixture of lectures, case studies and industry visits.
The lectures will cover a range of areas concerning the management of innovation, including motivations for innovating, how organizations can protect their innovations using intellectual property rights, the nature and organization and management of “research and development” (R&D), the management of creative people, processes and teams, the management of product, service and experience innovations, the adoption and use of “open innovation”, and the adoption and use of frugal innovation (Jugaad). These discussions and industry visits closely complement the topics covered in the lectures to reinforce the ideas and give them a practical application.
Number of topics: 0
This is section is for students for the student society, this will not be maintained by the college staff.
This page will have a discussion forum for the students to have a platform to discuss matter that relate to the society. All the students will have access to this forum and can add a topic in the forum and reply to any conversations.
Number of topics: 10
An up-to-date electronic copy of the Student Handbook, glossary, forms and student information for the current academic year can be found in this section.
Number of topics: 6
This unit stresses the importance of avoiding plagiarism and also provides advice on accurate note-taking, referencing and citation. Successful students will receive a certificate of completion.
Study time: about 60 minutes.
Number of topics: 10
This unit revises the Islamic core sources and
approaches on which foundations Islamic studies are derived. Students will be
introduced to the different sciences developed within Islamic studies from
exegesis (tafseer), sciences of Quran (‘ilm al-Quran) and Prophetic traditions
(hadith), terminology of hadith (mustalah al-hadith) and their application to
Islamic jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
Number of topics: 11
This unit forms part of a Customised award(s):
Diploma in Contemporary Islamic Studies and Diploma in Muslim Family Law. It
provides a background to the methodology of developing Islamic jurisprudential
rules and Islamic law. The unit critically examines approaches to the development of Islamic law/jurisprudence,
starting from the historical emergence of Muslim schools of thought (Hanafi,
Shafii, Maliki, Hanbali, Ja’fari, Zahiri and others) and their contribution in
forming the systematised legal theory. Students will have an opportunity to
examine the tools, methods, procedure and the workings of Islamic legal schools
of thought as applied in different contexts.
Number of topics: 10
The Diploma in Muslim Family Law programme is designed to instil the knowledge, skills and practical experience of Islamic family law in Muslim communities living in western countries. It is also designed to provide practitioners and professionals such as Judges, lawyers, Social Services, Health workers etc with knowledge and insights into the legal issues that face Muslim families living in Western societies. This programme seeks to achieve the following aims and outcomes.